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THE KARAI – THAI SPA DESIGN
With a sublime maze of pools, 18 chamber-style treatment rooms and dimly lit corridors doused in ochre red, The Barai pays homage to the Khmer temples of Angkor, but with hints of a Japanese garden and an Arabian harem. Set over 1.8 hectares, it’s easy to get lost, but eventually all paths lead to the Tranquility Court, a serene courtyard dotted with 100-year-old tamarind trees and a 42-metre lap pool.
Designed by local architect Lek Bunnag, The Barai raised the bar for spa design in Thailand when it opened in March last year. More indulgent than inventive, the eight guest suites attached to The Barai each take in a huge 126 square metres, with terrazzo floors, rich wood trimmings and a roof in the shape of ocean waves. Just as remarkable are the villa butlers.
Also impressive is the breakfast at McFarlane House, a 19th-century building transformed into a breezy restaurant and bar by the beach. Think free-range eggs with wilted spinach and Brie with sun-cured meat. The quality of The Barai’s spa treatments is a little hit and miss. My aromatherapy massage seemed straight out of a textbook, with the therapists regurgitating a pattern rather than feeling. However, the indigo compress a Thai massage followed by Hmong-style poultice to draw toxins out of the skin—was superb.
When The Barai first opened, it offered an intimate spa getaway, with a daily massage and a personal in-house yoga instructor included in the rate. Both, unfortunately, have been scrapped; the yoga is now taught in group classes.
With a sublime maze of pools, 18 chamber-style treatment rooms and dimly lit corridors doused in ochre red, The Barai pays homage to the Khmer temples of Angkor, but with hints of a Japanese garden and an Arabian harem. Set over 1.8 hectares, it’s easy to get lost, but eventually all paths lead to the Tranquility Court, a serene courtyard dotted with 100-year-old tamarind trees and a 42-metre lap pool.
Designed by local architect Lek Bunnag, The Barai raised the bar for spa design in Thailand when it opened in March last year. More indulgent than inventive, the eight guest suites attached to The Barai each take in a huge 126 square metres, with terrazzo floors, rich wood trimmings and a roof in the shape of ocean waves. Just as remarkable are the villa butlers.
Also impressive is the breakfast at McFarlane House, a 19th-century building transformed into a breezy restaurant and bar by the beach. Think free-range eggs with wilted spinach and Brie with sun-cured meat. The quality of The Barai’s spa treatments is a little hit and miss. My aromatherapy massage seemed straight out of a textbook, with the therapists regurgitating a pattern rather than feeling. However, the indigo compress a Thai massage followed by Hmong-style poultice to draw toxins out of the skin—was superb.
When The Barai first opened, it offered an intimate spa getaway, with a daily massage and a personal in-house yoga instructor included in the rate. Both, unfortunately, have been scrapped; the yoga is now taught in group classes.
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